公衆衛生
Hanke Heun-Johnson1, Bryan Tysinger1, Johanna Thunell1
1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 23, 2025
まとめ
認知症ケアは、2025年に米国で2320億ドルの医療費と2330億ドルの無償介護費用を負担します。この研究は、個人および社会に対する認知症の重大な経済的および生活の質への影響を定量化します。
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生、医療経済学、老年医学
背景:
- 認知症は、個人、ケアパートナー、社会に相当な経済的負担を強いています。既存の認知症費用推定値は、全国的な代表性や包括的な詳細に欠けています。認知症の経済的影響を理解することは、効果的な予防および治療戦略を開発するために不可欠です。
研究 の 目的:
- 米国における認知症の年間費用に関する包括的かつ全国的に代表的な推定値を提供すること。医療ケア、長期ケア、介護、生活の質を含む様々な費用構成要素を定量化すること。政策立案や介入に役立つように、認知症の費用を時系列で追跡すること。
主な方法:
- 健康と退職に関する調査(HRS)およびその他の情報源からの全国的に代表的なデータを利用しました。米国の認知症費用モデル(USCDM)、動的なミクロシミュレーションモデルを採用しました。直接的な医療費および長期ケア費用、無償の介護費用、収入損失、生活の質のインパクトを推定しました。
主要な成果:
- 2025年には、560万人のアメリカ人が認知症と共に生活しており、医療費および長期ケア費用として2320億ドルが発生しています。無償の介護は68億時間に達し、その価値は2330億ドルと評価され、さらに介護者の収入損失は82億ドルに上ります。個人にとっては3020億ドル、介護者にとっては59億ドルと、生活の質の損失は相当な額になると推定されています。
結論:
- USCDMは、種類と支払い者別の認知症費用の検証済みで包括的な全国推定値を提供します。これらの調査結果は、認知症の将来の経済的影響を軽減するための研究および政策能力を構築する取り組みを支持します。正確な費用評価は、資源配分を導き、認知症ケア戦略を改善するために不可欠です。
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